I have some material to share here about the ciamarelle from Amatrice
The Ciamarelle from Amatrice is part of the large continuum of “zampogna” bagpipes that are found across Central and Southern Italy. The Ciamarelle from Amatrice is found at the Northern extreme of this continuum. It has some very distinct archaic features that make it stand out. It has 2 chanters and no drone, although many varieties seemingly have one drone. Unlike all other South Central Italian bagpipes, that have ussually 2 or 3 drones and 2 chanters.
Recently I discovered this album has been uploaded and made available for streaming:
The dual chanter construction of South Central Italian bagpipes connects them with the many archaic double chanter bagpipes found across the Mediterranean regions, as well as the South Caucasus and west Asia. However the zampogna has developed Into having separate wooden shawms (not connected by a yolk like the archaic drone less double chanter bagpipes) connected to a large round wooden stock on which the drone pipes are also connected. Zampogna varieties sometimes have more developed double reeds, rather than more simple single reeds. The Ciamarelle from Amatrice is far more simple and archaic as it has a lack of drone pipes. The closest relative to the Zampogna bagpipes is the launeddas of Sardinia. Which show a similar setup of separate chanter pipes and a drone pipe. However they have no bag, and the pipes are made of thin reeds not wood.
